Lab-made embryos may save near-extinct rhino species

The northern white rhino faces a grim fate when its last surviving examples are two infertile females. A novel scientific technique might just spare the species from extinction, however. Researchers have successfully created the first lab-made rhino embryos in a bid to give the northern white a second chance. The group collected eggs from southern […]

Ecuador jails Chinese fishermen caught with 6,600 endangered, near-extinct sharks

Published time: 30 Aug, 2017 03:49 A group of 20 Chinese fisherman has been jailed for between one and three years for illegally fishing endangered species of shark in the protected waters off the Galapagos Islands. “After the enormous indignation we felt, this will definitely compensate for the damage caused because a historic precedent has […]